Quote Originally Posted by Jeeqbit View Post
It wasn't for me and it wasn't for many people. It was a shocking moment, but I was not as connected to Haurchefant as the game wanted to pretend I was. I had forgotten about him by the time we visited the grave at the end of Heavensward and I didn't care for seeing him in the 3.3 cutscene where we throw the eyes away. I would have rather seen Ysale next to me. I think most people's connection to Haurchefant now is more about the fanfiction and fan art that has been created around him.
See, here's the thing. When you have a game played by hundreds of thousands of people, you'll be able to find "many" people that agree or disagree with any thought simply because there are so many people. It doesn't make whatever that opinion is the norm or anywhere close to the most common opinion. I'm actually of the same thought as you in that I wasn't as connected to Haurchefant, but I also realize that's actually a minority opinion. Go practically anywhere and you'll see tons of people talking about how significant a moment it was for them (many, many more than you'll see share our opinion).

If the only deep connection to Hydaelyn that we really formed was in EW, then it doesn't count as bold because it was effectively a character created in EW, to die in EW. That's very different to what I think is implied by "bold", which is killing Alphinaud, Y'shtola and the other scions who have been with you for many expansions talking to you for the last 10 years.
Thankfully, it's not the only "deep" connection we've had to Hydaelyn. That's existed since ARR. You know, the entire life of the game since 2.0.